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This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.

Trump Administration Proposes Rule to Expand Association Health Plans

In a bid to expand access to affordable healthcare coverage, the Trump administration early Thursday rolled out proposed rules that would allow more small businesses and self-employed workers to band together to buy insurance.

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Credit Rater Predicts Stable Year for ObamaCare Markets

The ObamaCare insurance markets will be relatively stable through 2018, analysts predicted Wednesday.

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Hospital Groups Dig In After Cuts To Discount Drug Program

Hospital groups are vowing to push forward with a fight against the Trump administration over changes to a federal drug discount program following a setback last week. 

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Did You Miss the ACA Deadline? Don’t Panic

Nevadans whose health care isn’t covered by their employers and who missed the Dec. 15 deadline for government-provided insurance still have options for the coming year, according to local experts.

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Record Number of Nevadans Enroll on Health Insurance Exchange

President Donald Trump predicted the Affordable Care Act would “implode,” but a record number of Nevadans signed up for health insurance this year through the state’s exchange during a shortened enrollment period, it was reported Thursday.

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Get Ready for a Revived Brawl Over Single-Payer Healthcare in California

Whether it was bracing for a possible repeal of Obamacare or pondering an ambitious single-payer program that would overhaul how California provided medical care to its residents, the issue of healthcare kept politicians and policy wonks busy in 2017.

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Tax Bill Guts Unpopular ‘Obamacare’ Insurance Mandate

Republicans didn’t get their wish to repeal former President Barack Obama’s health care law, but the tax bill barreling toward a final vote in Congress guts its most unpopular provision, the requirement that virtually all Americans carry health insurance.

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ObamaCare Mandate Repeal Would Put Pressure on States

The expected repeal of the ObamaCare mandate to buy health insurance means that states will soon have to step in and decide whether to create their own mandates. 

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As Congress Prepares to Repeal Health Law Mandate, California to Explore ‘All Options’

Congressional Republicans appear to be moving full speed ahead in repealing the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, prompting debate among California health care experts on how the state could continue encouraging residents to buy health insurance — including imposing a state-level requirement to purchase coverage.

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Republican Tax Bill Fuels Anxiety Across the Nation’s Healthcare System

Doctors, hospitals, patient advocates and others who work in the nation’s healthcare system are growing increasingly alarmed at the Republican tax bill, warning that it threatens care for millions of sick Americans.

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